Some folks will know it as a negative indent, but worry not, for both are one and the same thing. Now, as for what it does, well, it indents the first text in most situations instead of the first line ...

You can create a hanging indent on Word by adjusting the format options of the document. Hanging indents are a paragraph formatting option where the first line is at the margin and subsequent lines ...

You can make a hanging indent in Google Docs using the ruler tool, which lets you change the margin size. Hanging indents are great for works cited pages, block quotes, lists, and more. You'll need to ...